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Old 09-13-2004, 07:21 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong, wheel spacers make your tires fit wider on your car?

If that's the case (I have a 94 Honda Civic Si) I think that I might need some. I need more stability when taking corners.

I also need some JDM headlights and amber corner lights. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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Default Re: Wheel spacers (hatchSIback)

have u done the front and rear tower and sway bars. also i think weel spacers were ment for wide body kits i may be wrong though.
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I have three strut bars in the trunk (underneath, inside, and the pillar). I have one strut bar in the engine bay and an H-Brace under the engine. They help and I don't want a roll cage. But thanks for the advice.
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It's ok to admit you're a ricer and you want the spacers for looks

Seriously, wheels spacers aren't gonna give that big of a difference. Plus you better make sure your wheel studs are long enough to hold your wheels, spacer and wheelbolts. I don't know what you mean by wanting more "stability" but I guess you want your car to have better "stick to the road." Biggest difference is going to be from tires. Then look at shocks. Then look at getting some stiffer sway bars.

All those bars you have don't really help except add weight to your car. Maybe the front strut tower bar does a tiny bit, since they're actually tieing the struts but the gain is going to be small. The other bars dont tighten up the rears since the rears aren't struts....they're just shock mounts. Those points don't bear any lateral load when turning.

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Default Re: Wheel spacers (Another Drew)

I think what he meant by stability is that because the car would be wider, it should handle a lil better. Not sure if that would actually help. Look at the Mitsu 3000GT. Extremly wide and you have to do a lot to make it handle well.
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get sway bars dude!!

and spacers are used to clear brake conversion on certain rims and such...not boddy kits...
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I did want a wider ride. You know so the corner handling would be more comfortable. But the sway bars also sound nice. I'm going with an Omni coilver over kit and Omni Camber kit to match that. Would the sway bars have to compliment them or could I just get anything?
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